Hemant Soren Moves High Court Challenging Probe Agency's Summons
NDTV
The central probe agency is investigating more than a dozen land deals, including one related to defence land.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday filed a petition in the Jharkhand High Court challenging issuance of summons to him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a case of alleged money laundering, his counsel said. The Supreme Court on September 18 had refused to entertain Soren's plea against the ED's summons in a case of alleged money laundering. A bench of Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Bela M Trivedi granted Soren the liberty to approach the Jharkhand High Court for relief in the matter.
Soren filed the petition in the high court challenging the issuance of summons to him by the ED, Soren's counsel Piyush Chitresh said.
The ED had sent a summons to Soren to depose at the federal agency's office in Ranchi on August 14 and later to record his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
